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Top Hezbollah commander killed in Syria

Top Hezbollah commander Mustafa Badreddine has been killed in an attack in Syria, the Lebanese Shi'ite group said on Friday, the biggest blow to...

Syria's besieged Daraya to get first aid since 2012

Aid agencies are to deliver relief supplies to the besieged Syrian rebel-held town of Daraya on Thursday, the first since 2012, the International Committee...

Oil prices subdued in Asia after touching 2016 highs

Oil prices dipped in Asia on Thursday as investors locked in profits after the previous day's surge to six-month highs that was fuelled by...

Suicide bomber strikes Yemen military convoy, kills 8

A suicide bomber killed at least eight people and wounded 17, including a senior commander, when he rammed a car laden with explosives into...

Oil prices dip after latest surge

Oil prices dipped in Asia Wednesday after the previous day's rally as Canadian oil companies prepare to restart production after being closed by huge...

Former U.S. Secretary of State Baker praises Saudi Aramco IPO plans

Saudi Arabia needs "fundamental change," and a public sale of shares in Saudi Aramco, the national oil company, may be part of the solution,...

Abu Dhabi sees strong demand for $5 billion bond offer

Abu Dhabi said Tuesday that it had seen strong investor interest in a $5 billion issuance of sovereign bonds, the first by the oil-rich...

Oil market recovery will continue, says OPEC chief

OPEC president Mohammed bin Saleh al-Sada said on Tuesday that the current oil market recovery would continue into the second quarter of the year...

Germany stabbing suspect mentally unstable

A German man allegedly yelled out "infidel, you must die" and "Allahu Akbar" as he stabbed four people at a Bavarian train station Tuesday,...

Bomb attack targeting police rocks Turkish city of Diyarbakir

A car bomb attack targeting police on Tuesday rocked the majority-Kurdish Turkish city of Diyarbakir, wounding at least 15 members of the security forces,...

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